Paropsis charybdis is a key pest of eucalypt plantations in New Zealand, where it is attacked
by two primary egg parasitoids and one hyperparasitoid. One of the primary parasitoids …

Enoggera nassaui has been the key biological control agent of the eucalyptus tortoise
beetle Paropsis charybdis since 1987 In 2001 a second egg parasitoid Neopolycystus …

In the 1970s and 1980s two natural enemies of the eucalyptus tortoise beetle Paropsis
charybdis an invasive pest from Australia were established in New Zealand Cleobora mellyi …

Paropsis charybdis is a pest of Eucalyptus in New Zealand and is controlled by two egg
parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). The first, Enoggera nassaui, was intentionally …

The accidental introduction of an obligate egg hyperparasitoid, Baeoanusia albifunicle,
reduced the effectiveness of the deliberately introduced Enoggera nassaui as a biological …

The Australian tortoise beetle Trachymela tincticollis (Blackburn) was discovered in the
Cape Peninsula in 1982. Its ability to defoliate commercially-grown Eucalyptus species …

Despite considerable efforts, the eucalyptus tortoise beetle Paropsis charybdis continues to
defoliate Eucalyptus nitens plantations throughout New Zealand, preventing expansion of …

Neopolycystus sp. is the only primary egg parasitoid associated with the pest beetle
Paropsis atomaria in subtropical eucalypt plantations, but its impact on its host populations …

Paropsis charybdis the most serious pest of Eucalyptus in New Zealand was controlled with
the introduced Australian egg parasitoid Enoggera nassaui in the late 1980s Using frass …

Background Female parasitoids that display aggressive behaviour towards conspecifics in
defence of host resources must make a trade-off between time spent on aggression and time …